وَصَقيلَةِand a gleaming tree الأَنوارِthe blossoms تَلويbends عِطفَهاits flank
وَصَقيلَةِ الأَنوارِ تَلوي عِطفَها
ريحٌa wind تَلُفُّenfold فُروعُهاits branches مِعطارُfragrant
ريحٌ تَلُفُّ فُروعُها مِعطارُ
And a tree with gleaming blossoms, its flank bent
The polish of lights winds its arm,
By a fragrant wind that its branches enfold.
A breeze wraps its branches fragrantly.
عاطىshared بِهاbeside it الصَهباءَthe tawny wine أَحوىdark-lipped أَحوَرٌdark-eyed
عاطى بِها الصَهباءَ أَحوى أَحوَرٌ
سَحّابُone who trails أَذيالِskirts السُرىnight travel سَحّارُa spellbinder
سَحّابُ أَذيالِ السُرى سَحّارُ
Beside it a dark-lipped, dark-eyed one shared the tawny wine,
It gave the gray dawn a more beautiful dawn,
Trailing the skirts of night travel—a spellbinder.
Clouds, trains of fates, a conjurer.
وَالنورُand the blossoms عِقدٌa necklace وَالغُصونُand the boughs سَوالِفٌsides of necks
وَالنورُ عِقدٌ وَالغُصونُ سَوالِفٌ
وَالجِذعُand the trunk زَندٌa forearm وَالخَليجُand the channel سِوارُa bracelet
وَالجِذعُ زَندٌ وَالخَليجُ سِوارُ
And the blossoms are a necklace, and the boughs are necks;
The light is a necklace and the branches tales,
And the trunk is a forearm, and the channel a bracelet.
The trunk, a belt and the bay, a bracelet.
بِحَديقَةٍin a garden ظَلَّremained اللِمىthe dusky hue of lips ظِلّاًshade بِهاin it
بِحَديقَةٍ ظَلَّ اللِمى ظِلّاً بِها
وَتَطَلَّعَتand peeped out شَنَباًgleaming whiteness of teeth بِهاin it الأَنوارُthe blossoms
وَتَطَلَّعَت شَنَباً بِها الأَنوارُ
In a garden where the duskiness of lips lingered as shade,
In a garden, the shade of palms cast a shadow,
And the blossoms peeped out there as the pearly gleam of teeth.
And the lights gazed at it through palm leaves.
رَقَصَdanced القَضيبُthe slender branch بِهاin it وَقَدand already شَرِبَhad drunk الثَرىthe soil
رَقَصَ القَضيبُ بِها وَقَد شَرِبَ الثَرى
وَشَداand sang الحَمامُthe doves وَصَفَّقَand clapped التَيّارُthe current
وَشَدا الحَمامُ وَصَفَّقَ التَيّارُ
The slender branch danced there, while the soil had drunk;
The rod danced in it, and the ground drank,
And the doves sang, and the current clapped.
The doves lined up and the currents clapped.
غَنّاءَlush أَلحَفَcloaked عِطفَهاits flank الوَرَقُthe leaves النَديdewy
غَنّاءَ أَلحَفَ عِطفَها الوَرَقُ النَدي
وَاِلتَفَّand clustered فيin جَنَباتِهاits sides النُوّارُthe blossoms
وَاِلتَفَّ في جَنَباتِها النُوّارُ
Lush, its flank was cloaked by dewy leaves,
The singing leaves wound its arm, the flexible stalks,
And blossoms clustered along its sides.
And the illuminations curled up at its sides.
فَتَطَلَّعَتso peeped forth فيin كُلِّevery مَوقِعِlanding place لَحظَةٍa glance
فَتَطَلَّعَت في كُلِّ مَوقِعِ لَحظَةٍ
مِنfrom كُلِّevery غُصنٍbranch صَفحَةٌa cheek وَعِذارُand cheek-side beard hair
مِن كُلِّ غُصنٍ صَفحَةٌ وَعِذارُ
So wherever a glance fell, there peeped forth
It looked from every vantage point, every moment
From every bough, a cheek and a line of beard.
Like pages and flowers from each branch.
Sol 6.1